December 9, 2025 VODACOM Tanzania has launched a sweeping expansion of its mobile money service, introducing M-Pesa Global Payment, a platform that allows Tanzanians to make seamless digital payments to merchants across the world. The service, unveiled in partnership with other mobile money companies, enables users to tap and pay globally using a tokenised M-Pesa […]
December 9, 2025 THE Africa Investment Forum (AIF) convened its first-ever “Mission 300 Day”, bringing together African governments, investors and development partners to accelerate plans to connect 300 million people to electricity by 2030. The event, held on the sidelines of the AIF 2025 Market Days this week, was co-hosted by the World Bank Group […]
August 22, 2005 THE International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) have strongly condemned new sanctions imposed by the US on four senior ICC officials, calling the move a direct attack on international justice and judicial independence. On August 20, the US State Department announced sanctions against two ICC judges — […]
August 13, 2025 YOUNG Africans lag behind their elders when it comes to political and civic participation, except for protest, according to a new Afrobarometer flagship report. Based on 53,444 face-to-face interviews, the largest generational disparity is in voting, where the youth (aged 18-35) trail their elders by a striking 18 percentage points. Youth are […]
August 13, 2025 THE African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting Artificial Intelligence training to help speed up the implementation of the continent-wide development blueprint, Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. The training is part of broader efforts to enhance institutional and human capacity across the continent. Through its Joint Secretariat Support Office, the AfDB provided […]
June 20, 2025 THE Trump administration is to vet the social media accounts of applicants who apply for visas to study at institutions of higher learning, receive vocational training or take part in exchange programmes in America as US embassies around the world resume issuing such visas. The diplomatic missions will ask student visa applicants […]
June 5, 2025 THE world-class African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) has opened its doors to the public in Abuja, Nigeria with the aim of reducing the continent’s dependency on foreign health systems. The $300 million tertiary medical facility, developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in partnership with King’s College Hospital London, also aims […]
April 7, 2025 THE US government has imposed visa and travel restrictions on South Sudan, with Washington warning: “It is time for the Transitional Government of South Sudan to stop taking advantage of the United States.” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, making the announcement over the weekend, said: “Enforcing our nation’s immigration laws is […]
Crafting better African stories with AI March 19, 2025 ADVANCED technology has been released with the potential of transforming how stories about Africa are told across media, academia, development sectors and beyond. the AI Shop, based in South Africa, announced on Wednesday. Its partnership with Africa No Filter has come up with the Africa Bias […]
Southern Africa grouping backs DRC government amid escalating conflict February 4, 2025 MEMBER countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have given strong support to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo as Goma, the capital of its mineral-rich North Kivu, fell to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group. SADC leaders met at an […]